João Paulo Kleinübing

João Paulo Kleinübing
João Paulo Kleinübing
	Kleinübing in April 2016
Federal Deputy from Santa Catarina
	In office; 1 February 2015 – 31 January 2019
Secretary of Health for Santa Catarina
	In office; February 2015 – December 2016
Governor	Raimundo Colombo
Mayor of Blumenau
	In office; 1 January 2005 – 1 January 2013
Preceded by	Décio Lima
Succeeded by	Napoleão Bernardes
State Deputy for Santa Catarina
	In office; 1 February 2003 – 31 December 2004
Personal details
Born	19 December 1972 (age 51); Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Political party	DEM

João Paulo Karam Kleinübing (born 19 December 1972) is a Brazilian politician. He has spent his political career representing his home state of Santa Catarina, having served as federal deputy representative from 2015 to 2019, mayor of Blumenau from 2005 to 2013, and state deputy from 2003 to 2004.^[1]

Personal life

Kleinübing was born to Vilson Pedro Kleinübing, later Governor of Santa Catarina, and Vera Maria Karam.^[1] He is married to Patrícia Loch Klenubing and is an alumnus of the Federal University of Santa Catarina. In addition to being a politician, Kleinübing previously was a business administrator and historian.^[1]

Political career

Kleinübing was mayor of Blumenau in 2004 with 75,783 votes and reelected in 2008 with 112,509 votes. He was mayor during the historic 2008 Santa Catarina floods, being forced to declare a state of emergency in the municipality due to rising water levels.^[2]

He was elected to the federal chamber of deputies in the 2014 Brazilian general election. Kleinübing voted in favor of the impeachment of then-president Dilma Rousseff.^[3] He voted in favor of the 2017 Brazilian labor reform,^[4] and would vote in favor of opening of a corruption investigation into Rousseff's successor Michel Temer.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "JOÃO PAULO KLEINÜBING – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ "At least 50 dead in Brazil flooding". CNN. 24 November 2008. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
^ "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^ "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer]. G1 Globo (in Portuguese). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

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[bio-1] "JOÃO PAULO KLEINÜBING – Biografia". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[CNN-2] "At least 50 dead in Brazil flooding". CNN. 24 November 2008. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.

[3] "Reforma trabalhista: como votaram os deputados" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[4] "Veja como deputados votaram no impeachment de Dilma, na PEC 241, na reforma trabalhista e na denúncia contra Temer" [See how deputies voted in the impeachment of Dilma, in PEC 241, in the labor reform and in the denunciation against Temer]. G1 Globo (in Portuguese). 2 August 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[5] "Como votou cada deputado sobre a denúncia contra Temer" (in Portuguese). Carta Capital. 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

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